Belt buckle



Oct. 12 1926.

J. B. FREYSINGER BELT BUCKLE Filed April 24, 1925 Patented Oct. Y12, 1926.

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Jenin B. FaEYsiNGER, or NEW BRITAIN, -coNNEc'r1cUT, AssrGNoR 'ro NORTH a JUDD 4MANUriixrmar-ire company, -oFcNEw immuun, ooNNBeTIcUT- l nam wenn.'

Appneation inea prix *24, 1925. seriai im. k25,6%

This 'invention relates tobe'lt buckles for personal wear and has 'special referenceto the gripping jjaw and the 'means Ifor foperating theI saine, the object Abeing to provide a construction which will permit the jaw and the l'eve'i or handle to be rapidlyand cheaply assembled and will -e'ffectually 'preL vent separation after they are assembled. The invention 'is illustratedin the ^accom= panying drawing and Consists in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing: w e Figure 1 is a rear elevation of .a buckle showing one 'embodiment ofthe invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe same,4 e A Figure 3 is a detail Section showing the jaw and the lever as they appear before being completely assembled;

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the jaw member; Y

Figure 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing a different embodiment of the invention;

Figure 6 is a section taken in a plane at a right angle to the plane of the section shown in Fig. 5;

Figure 7 is a detail perspective of the jaw shown in Figures 5 and 6.

The buckle body or face plate 1 is ofv the usual or any approved form provided on its side edges with belt-guiding and retaining flanges 2 constructed to receive the ends of a pintle pin or pivot member 3, the ends of the pintle pin being upset against the outer sides of the flanges to secure the pin in place.

The gripping member or jaw includes parallel transverse lips 4 and 5 connected by a bridge or head 6 and approximately equal in length to the distance between the flanges 2. The bridge 6 is integral with the lips and at the ends of the lip 4 are integral ends walls 7 which, in the completed device, extend to the lip 5 and close the space between the ends of the latter and the lip 4, this construction facilitating production inasmuch as the entire jaw may be formed from a single flat blank and easily bent into the required shape in a sheet-metal-stamping machine. Openings 8 are formed through the end walls 7 whereby the jaw may be hung upon the pintle 3, and` in the lip 44 are 'providedopenings 9 to receive the'ends 0f the combined jaw-operating 'lever and belt retaining bail or loop 10, slo'ts 11 being formed sin the jaw across the corner order tliatit ,-rnaylbe easily engaged by the attaching and lof the belt and the sides of the :ball are 'offsetlaterally near their ends,- as `shown at 12, to extend between lthe slot-s 11 `andithe vopening 9 lthe parts engaged fin tlres'lots' and the 'openings being in lparallel t planes, asy shown inFigures '2 and 3, and the ,pintle extending Vfthrefu-gh l'the space bounded by the 'lip l4,.theheaul'and theesets Hand beingeccettric to *the gripper. l

In practice, the bail or lever is engaged through the slots 11 and in the openings 9 while the lip 5 is in slightly divergent relation to the lip 4 as shown in Figure 2, the bending of the lip being then completed so that it is brought into parallelism with the lip 4. The gripper is then positioned between the flanges of the face plate or buckle body and the pintle 3 inserted through the openings provlded therefor, the ends of the pintle being upset against the flanges of the face plate as heretofore stated. The bail or lever cannot be withdrawn without, in effect, destroying the buckle, although the openings 9 and the vslots 11 are of such dimensions as to permit some play of the gripper so that it will accommodate .itself to belts of different thicknesses.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7, the side members of the bail 13 are not laterally odset and the ends thereof are flattened, as at 14, to fit closely within the'narrow slots or slits 15 formed in the head 16 and both lips 17 and 18 of the gripper, the pintle 19 being inserted through the ends of the gripper and the flanges of the face plate as usual and `also passing through openings provided therefor in the flattened ends of the bail.

It will be observed that in neither described form of the invention are the ends of the bail upset or riveted to the gripper, thus diminishing one item of expense in previously known devices, but in both forms the relation of the -bail or lever to the pintle and the gripper is such that the bailcan not be disengaged from the gripper and will operate elicicntly to effect turning of the gripper to liasten or release a belt.

Having fully described my invention what lY claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, iszl. In a belt buckle, the combination of a tace plate, a pintle mounted at the rear of the face plate, a gripper mounted Jfor rocking movement upon the pintle and having lips, a head connecting the rear edges of the lips, and end walls between the corresponding ends of the lips and through which the pintle passes, there being' openings through the lips, and a lever bail having its ends 'itted through the openings in the lips and free therein and held by the pintle against withdrawal.

2. In a belt buckle, the combination of a 'tace plate, a stationary pintle mounted at the rear of the face plate, a gripper mounted eccentrically on .the pintle and consisting of lips, a head connecting the lips and end walls closing the spaces between corresponding ends ot the lips, there being openings in one lip and in the junction of the other lip and the head, and the pintle extending through the end Walls, and a lever having `one end iitted loosely in the openings in the lips and held in the gripper by the pintle.

3. In a belt buckle, the combination ol a lace plate, a pintle mounted at the rear ot the tace plate, a gripper consisting of lips and a head connecting the rear edges oit the lips mounted on the pintle for rocking moven'ient and having openings in its lips and a lever bail having its ends engaged in openings in the lips of the gripper and oliset within the gripper to pass around the pintle and be held in the gripper.

fl. In a belt buckle, the combination of a tace plate, a pintle mounted at the rear of the face plate, a gripper mounted for rocking movement on the pintle and consisting oii parallel lips and a head connecting the rear edges of the lips, there being openings through one of the lips and slots in the head at the other lip, the pintle being located nearer the lip having the openA ings therethrough, and a lever bail having its ends engaged through the slots and the openings and otlset within the gripper to pass between the pintle and one lip.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

JOHN B. FREYSINGER. 

